Tarun Chitra
Tarun Chitra is the co-founder and CEO of Gauntlet, a simulation and risk management platform for crypto networks and DeFi protocols that he founded in 2018 and has since grown into a leading onchain vault curator. He is also co-founder and partner at Robot Ventures, an early-stage crypto venture firm, and a regular co-host on The Chopping Block roundtable and the Zero Knowledge Podcast. Before crypto he worked at D. E. Shaw Research and in high-frequency trading at Vatic Labs, after studying mathematics and applied engineering physics at Cornell University. He has co-authored more than 25 peer-reviewed papers on crypto and DeFi economics, including influential research on the security of Uniswap and Compound.
270 talks by Tarun Chitra
- Black October, Banks vs. AI, Visa/Fireblocks?
- Ledger Compromised, OpenAI Spy, & the Death of Moats
- TOKEN2049: Bunker Mode?
- The Agent Economy: Why AI Needs Crypto
- Be More Bullish. DAS Asia Day! This Is Where The Next Buyer Is Coming From.
- Kalshi Cooked, Bitget Hacked + Agentic Bank Runs
- JP Aumasson on Quantum Risk, AI Attacks and Too Much Crypto
- CLARITY Dies, LAPTOP Rugs, & the AI Pause
- FOMO Founder Defends Memecoins + AMC vs Robinhood
- Robinhood Chain's Memecoin Boom + Tokenized Stocks
- Crypto Is Shifting Gears + AI Router Wars - The Chopping Block
- threadguy on Crypto's Social Trading War - The Chopping Block
- AI Cracked ColdCard in 8 Minutes ($100M Gone) - The Chopping Block
- The CLARITY Bill Coin Flip w/ Patrick Witt - The Chopping Block
- The Chopping Block Live with Patrick Witt: The CLARITY Act and Beyond
- The Ethereum Foundation Is Splitting Up - The Chopping Block
- Why Elon's IPO Is a Crypto Token Launch - The Chopping Block
- ETHConf Crypto Startup Showdown
- Ethereum's Boomer Era? Apostates, EF Drama, and Solana Fights Back - The Chopping Block
- Crypto Is Getting Regulated. Now What? - The Chopping Block
- Episode 399 - Is ZK dead? Or has it just begun? with the ZK Pod co-hosts
- Quantum vs. Market, USDC vs. USDT & WLFI vs. Justin Sun - The Chopping Block
- Bitcoin vs. Quantum: FUD or Autoimmune Disease? - The Chopping Block
- The Controversial Manifesto Reshaping Ethereum - The Chopping Block